[Mciahel Goodman]

Falcao fans must accept that this was a 1 season loan (experiment), which has not paid off. If Monaco do sell him, it is likely that they would struggle to get more than £15M odd for him (ie. similar to Balotelli's fee), but only time will tell.

I'm a massive fan of Falcao (historical Falcao, that is) and wanted this to work as much as anyone, but it just hasn't. No way we can afford to buy him in the summer (even if the price was 5m, as his wages could be better spent elsewhere).

Lacazette, for me, is the one we should be looking at. Or alternatively, a goalscoring wide-player (Depay maybe).

 

[KanieKaned]

He is running like bobby Carlos doing tippy toe thing at a freekick. Barely any acceleration, he wasn't the quickest but feckin hell. Get rid

 

[JUPITER]

He seems like a decent lad

very loveable bloke

seems an all-round loveable bloke!

Shame as he seems like a top bloke

he seems a genuinely decent bloke.

He's a great lad

Great work ethic, loves the club

he's such a likable guy...

I'm genuinely not disputing this, but where does it come from...?

Everyone seems to be saying this a lot since he signed on loan and while I genuinely don't find anything about him actively unlikeable, I don't really understand where the - 'clearly a top lad', 'seems a great guy', 'such a likeable dude' flow of comments come from.

I remember feeling the same way when everyone would talk of Nani having 'a hateable face' and being 'unlikeable', and I couldn't understand why and even mused (in that instance) whether it was some kind of deep, subconscious racism.

But yeah, with Falcao, other than seeming incredibly happy and relieved that he scraped through a last minute medical I don't really understand the 'top bloke' comments. Has he demonstrated a great knowledge of the club and I've missed it or something?

On the pitch he's clearly been very keen to land a contract, and that's understandable, but does it make him a 'great guy'...?

Like I said, I don't find the guy actively unlikeable from the small amount of his personality that's been revealed, but I don't understand what anyone is seeing that leads to so many comments about him being 'an awesome lad'.

With someone like Mata who puts a lot of effort into connecting with fans and is such a giver of good vibes I can understand it, but in this case I can't...

I do wish Falcao well and to be honest I'd like to see him go to Portugal or the MLS and enjoy some form because I feel for him struggling here like this. But I'm pretty indifferent to his character.

 

[Eila]

I'm genuinely not disputing this, but where does it come from...?

Everyone seems to be saying this a lot since he signed on loan and while I genuinely don't find anything about him actively unlikeable, I don't really understand where the - 'clearly a top lad', 'seems a great guy', 'such a likeable dude' flow of comments come from.

I remember feeling the same way when everyone would talk of Nani having 'a hateable face' and being 'unlikeable', and I couldn't understand why and even mused (in that instance) whether it was some kind of deep, subconscious racism.

But yeah, with Falcao, other than seeming incredibly happy and relieved that he scraped through a last minute medical I don't really understand the 'top bloke' comments. Has he demonstrated a great knowledge of the club and I've missed it or something?

On the pitch he's clearly been very keen to land a contract, and that's understandable, but does it make him a 'great guy'...?

Like I said, I don't find the guy actively unlikeable from the small amount of his personality that's been revealed, but I don't understand what anyone is seeing that leads to so many comments about him being 'an awesome lad'.

With someone like Mata who puts a lot of effort into connecting with fans and is such a giver of good vibes I can understand it, but in this case I can't...

I do wish Falcao well and to be honest I'd like to see him go to Portugal or the MLS and enjoy some form because I feel for him struggling here like this. But I'm pretty indifferent to his character.

From the interviews in spanish I have seen Falcao is a really polite person. He's really good with the fans, too. Really passionate about the sport and representing his country. He cried when he gave an interview after it was announced he was sold to Monaco.
We never really know about footballer's personal life (Giggs anyone?) but on the pitch and in public he's class.

 

[Dante]

He's slow as buggery and doesn't work hard enough to make up for it.

 

[Insanity]

It's painful watching him labor across the field. The first touch is pathetic, and he is easily out paced by opposition players.

 

[Nighteyes]

As much as I've criticized I feel really sorry for him. You can see he's trying hard and wants to play for the club but it just isn't working out. Real shame!

 

[JUPITER]

From the interviews in spanish I have seen Falcao is a really polite person. He's really good with the fans, too. Really passionate about the sport and representing his country. He cried when he gave an interview after it was announced he was sold to Monaco.
We never really know about footballer's personal life (Giggs anyone?) but on the pitch and in public he's class.

Couldn't this be said about almost all high profile players though?

Cleverly, for example, didn't have an endless flow of 'thoroughly decent and good chap' comments through his time here.

More topically, Di Maria, who's a 'loving family man' rarely seems to fall into the 'whadda guy' category for most posters.

I'm not opposed to it, just find it a bit weird.

 

[Sarni]

Like I said, I'm not pro Falcao, I was the same with Young and Felliani. People are too quick to make judgements. It is been agreed by most on here that our football is dire at mo. That's very different to we are creating loads of chances and not taking them. I can't see why people can't seem to make the link with poor performances. Most games I've been to OT, 6 out of the 11 have been really poor.

People like to have scapegoats on here. Falcao not been brilliant but someone tell me in the attacking third, who has been?

Then we don't need a striker like him, it's not like we are going to improve our football ten fold within a year or so. Yes, we might start playing with more cohesion and fluidity but ultimately it will take us 2-3 years at least before we end up with a system that supports forwards with multiple perfect passes a game. Right now we need a game changer up front, someone who creates something out of nothing. The likes of Aguero, Suarez, Henry don't or didn't need a thousand perfect passes for a ready made tap in to score goals, they went out there and created opportunities for themselves which is what we need from our forwards at the minute. Falcao hasn't even been close to doing that.

 

[Gannicus]

Falcao is a top bloke, but he's lost that extra something. Time to move on and give Wilson those minutes.

 

[RedDevil [NC]]

I just think his injury has set him back and he knows that for the first time in a long time hes second choice. Hes trying to hard to link up and he just seems rusty. I think a game like today would have suited him to stay on but saying that we looked far more dangerous with him off the field. Although we were starting to groove and push up with linking more than one pass together

 

[holyland red]

Then we don't need a striker like him, it's not like we are going to improve our football ten fold within a year or so. Yes, we might start playing with more cohesion and fluidity but ultimately it will take us 2-3 years at least before we end up with a system that supports forwards with multiple perfect passes a game. Right now we need a game changer up front, someone who creates something out of nothing. The likes of Aguero, Suarez, Henry don't or didn't need a thousand perfect passes for a ready made tap in to score goals, they went out there and created opportunities for themselves which is what we need from our forwards at the minute. Falcao hasn't even been close to doing that.

At least 2-3 years? This makes BR a magician at Liverpool. I also don't think this crap football is going to be tolerated that long.

 

[Golden Nugget]

Really disappointed with him - didn't expect him to make an instant impact, but still expected him to make one. Looked like a good player at the start despite looking unfit; his hard work, movement and holdup play was very good, although his first touch and finishing were below average - I felt in time, he will get this all back - once he regains confidence. Issues such as United not given him a contract or LVG not using him (both justified in hindsight) seem to lower his confidence more and more, and it appears he has played worse and worse in result of this.

Since being dropped for the Southampton game, I think his confidence has dropped even more and his game play has worsened. Since that game, my two memories of him were the hat trick of misses (against QPR?) and the West Ham miss - I don't even remember his goal against Leicester. The West Ham miss was dreadful, but he was still there for the chances, and the goals will eventually come, as he is (was) a top quality striker. The more I see of him, the less confident I am, and it is to a point where I am almost certain that he won't be here next season. My second thoughts were that he needed a quicker striker partnering him, as him and RVP were just not working; he played with Rooney today, who despite not being great, still had a lot of chances; this was the worst I had seen of Falcao today, so having a quicker striker in Rooney didn't seem to do the trick either. There were some times where he held up the ball well outside the box, but for a 40m striker, you expect him doing that inside the box. My only other memory of him in today's match (other than him being subbed) was when Di Maria went for a one-two with him, but Falcao's first touch screwed it up. There seems to be players that bully the lesser teams - but Falcao doesn't seem like one of those players (not this Falcao anyway); his worst games always seem to be against FA Cup opponents.

Unlike the others, I don't think of him as a rubbish striker - I am more than happy if he continue getting chances and I hope he can prove us all wrong. I don't think he is like RVP, where he could win us games even when we weren't playing well, but I think if we were playing well, Falcao will be a 20+ Goals per season striker. Unfortunately, that seems unlikely this season and if it happens next season, I doubt Falcao will still be at the club. I do see pictures of Falcao wearing glasses off the pitch, and wearing contact lenses myself, there are times during games where I can't see the scoreboard - so I will give him the benefit of the doubt here.

 

[Sarni]

At least 2-3 years? This makes BR a magician at Liverpool. I also don't think this crap football is going to be tolerated that long.

I think it's going to be a very long term project here before anything respectable can be achieved unfortunately. We're 7 months into van Gaal's tenure and the improvement in the quality of football just isn't there, he's taking a pragmatic approach that he took at Netherlands during the World Cup and putting results above style. I think he might eventually have us playing better brand of football but it ultimately won't be until we hire Guardiola (which will happen around 2018 IMO) that we start being properly good on the eye and support our forward line with plenty of service.

 

[Bobcat]

It's heartbreaking to see such a talented footballer get wrecked by injury, but that seem to be the case here. We made excuses for him for a long time, but he has shown zero signs of improvement in his time here. The same can be said about RvP really. Anyone thinking he is the same player he was 2-3 years ago are fooling themselves.

Also the "lack of service" argument does not hold water. Top, top strikers (the ones we should aspire to get) take the "scraps" and makes a meal out of them. In Fergie's last season we played just as shite, but RvP showed a perfect example of what a top striker could do with these scraps.

Also another thing a modern striker needs, is the ability to run at defenders, and create chances for themselves (unless you are some RvNesque demi-god). As it stands now, none of our senior strikers (even Rooney) has that ability. Wilson has it to some degree, but he is very much a diamond in the rough.

The point of this rambling mess: We REALLY need a striker this summer

 

[Bojan11]

I think it's going to be a very long term project here before anything respectable can be achieved unfortunately. We're 7 months into van Gaal's tenure and the improvement in the quality of football just isn't there, he's taking a pragmatic approach that he took at Netherlands during the World Cup and putting results above style. I think he might eventually have us playing better brand of football but it ultimately won't be until we hire Guardiola (which will happen around 2018 IMO) that we start being properly good on the eye and support our forward line with plenty of service.

You have it all planned out. Who is going to be our coach after Pep?

This lack of service crap needs to go now. His first touch ruins most the build up and can't hold the ball up. He doesn't attempt to run in behind. He doesn't win any headers in the box because Di Maria at times has put in some brilliant crosses.

He is worse than Torres ever was at Chelsea atm. Torres wasn't this bad when it came to build up. He'd also take on a defence and then miss.

 

[JUPITER]

It's heartbreaking to see such a talented footballer get wrecked by injury, but that seem to be the case here. We made excuses for him for a long time, but he has shown zero signs of improvement in his time here. The same can be said about RvP really. Anyone thinking he is the same player he was 2-3 years ago are fooling themselves.

Also the "lack of service" argument does not hold water. Top, top strikers (the ones we should aspire to get) take the "scraps" and makes a meal out of them. In Fergie's last season we played just as shite, but RvP showed a perfect example of what a top striker could do with these scraps.

Also another thing a modern striker needs, is the ability to run at defenders, and create chances for themselves (unless you are some RvNesque demi-god). As it stands now, none of our senior strikers (even Rooney) has that ability. Wilson has it to some degree, but he is very much a diamond in the rough.

The point of this rambling mess: We REALLY need a striker this summer

I don't actually think Falcao's wrecked, I just think he's a one dimensional striker approaching 30 (or over it, depending on what you believe...) who's lost a yard of pace and has turned up to the wrong league at the wrong time of his career.

The English game is too fast and physical for him, but I really do think that somewhere like Portugal, the MLS or maybe even Italy Falcao could enjoy 2 or 3 decent seasons being paid more money than any of us will ever see playing football in the sunshine. It's hardly a sob story.

He's entrusted his career to Mendes, the man who moved him from Madrid to Monaco, and then from Monaco to the PL, and now he needs to make sure that the next move is what's best for HIM - because so far it seems that he's really just a cash cow for Mendes to cart around from league to league.

 

[Sarni]

You have it all planned out. Who is going to be our coach after Pep?

This lack of service crap needs to go now. His first touch ruins most the build up and can't hold the ball up. He doesn't attempt to run in behind. He doesn't win any headers in the box because Di Maria at times has put in some brilliant crosses.

He is worse than Torres ever was at Chelsea atm. Torres wasn't this bad when it came to build up. He'd also take on a defence and then miss.

Don't know, the timing of this is just too perfect. Van Gaal has a three years contract which runs out exactly when Pep's deal with Bayern comes to a close (provided he uses that one-year extension option he has in his deal) and it would be the third time Pep manages a team that was previously managed by van Gaal not that long before and largely founded on van Gaal's 'philosophy'. I don't really see a better scenario than giving Pep a go after van Gaal is done with his job here (unless we struggle massively and van Gaal gets the boot before his contract expires).

Agreed about the lack of service nonsense.

 

[Ish]

I'm genuinely not disputing this, but where does it come from...?

Everyone seems to be saying this a lot since he signed on loan and while I genuinely don't find anything about him actively unlikeable, I don't really understand where the - 'clearly a top lad', 'seems a great guy', 'such a likeable dude' flow of comments come from.

I remember feeling the same way when everyone would talk of Nani having 'a hateable face' and being 'unlikeable', and I couldn't understand why and even mused (in that instance) whether it was some kind of deep, subconscious racism.

But yeah, with Falcao, other than seeming incredibly happy and relieved that he scraped through a last minute medical I don't really understand the 'top bloke' comments. Has he demonstrated a great knowledge of the club and I've missed it or something?

On the pitch he's clearly been very keen to land a contract, and that's understandable, but does it make him a 'great guy'...?

Like I said, I don't find the guy actively unlikeable from the small amount of his personality that's been revealed, but I don't understand what anyone is seeing that leads to so many comments about him being 'an awesome lad'.

With someone like Mata who puts a lot of effort into connecting with fans and is such a giver of good vibes I can understand it, but in this case I can't...

I do wish Falcao well and to be honest I'd like to see him go to Portugal or the MLS and enjoy some form because I feel for him struggling here like this. But I'm pretty indifferent to his character.

I've heard a few of his interviews, especially some of the ones after he joined us - he seems very religious and down to earth, and also only had really good things to say about the club.

I agree with your point though - we don't know much about these footballers - but i guess we can only make a little assumption based on the very little we do see/know/hear.

Very sad that he's not even half the player he used to be, but he should be nowhere near starting. Rooney up top alone, please.

 

[Djemba-Djemba]

In a perverse way though at least he's making what could have been a really tricky decision over whether or not he was worth buying an easy one.

It's one less difficult decision for Van Gaal to make over the Summer.

 

[Litch]

Then we don't need a striker like him, it's not like we are going to improve our football ten fold within a year or so. Yes, we might start playing with more cohesion and fluidity but ultimately it will take us 2-3 years at least before we end up with a system that supports forwards with multiple perfect passes a game. Right now we need a game changer up front, someone who creates something out of nothing. The likes of Aguero, Suarez, Henry don't or didn't need a thousand perfect passes for a ready made tap in to score goals, they went out there and created opportunities for themselves which is what we need from our forwards at the minute. Falcao hasn't even been close to doing that.

Falcao might be that player. I've said it before, in years gone by a new player came to the club from a different country and league, people would say it takes you a season for you and your family to settle in so many ways. This means your not going to necessarily see the best in a player in his first season and it doesn't matter what you paid or paying him, it takes time. You could argue that's the same for LVG who I think underestimated the difficulties in English football.
This aside, the player had a serious injury. Look at other players rehab, he was rushed back too soon and in essence is doing his rehab at utd. Utd took a massive gamble cause they know if Falcao arrived a fit player with a half decent WC under his belt, he wouldn't be here. Equally they know, if they are patient, they may have a WC striker for 30m less than he's worth. Only time will tell, and that needs to be more than what we are giving at the moment.
Like I said, if the team was firing and he was missing chances but that's not the case. Yes he's missed them but look at the ratio of opportunities. Very little chances created, the final balls are poor as are the crosses. The build up is slow.
He may never be the player but it's too early to make an assessment.

 

[golden_blunder]

@JUPITER
I suggest you read numerous articles about him outside of the pitch and the work he puts into charity in Columbia.

 

[Sparky Rhiwabon]

I heard a ridiculous conspiracy theory that the real Radamel was unable to recover from his knee injury and that he has now been swapped with his identical twin brother Eduardo, a footballing journeyman who played for Columbian second tier club Real Cartagena until he retired at the end of last season to become a sports promoter.

 

[golden_blunder]

Falcao might be that player. I've said it before, in years gone by a new player came to the club from a different country and league, people would say it takes you a season for you and your family to settle in so many ways. This means your not going to necessarily see the best in a player in his first season and it doesn't matter what you paid or paying him, it takes time. You could argue that's the same for LVG who I think underestimated the difficulties in English football.
This aside, the player had a serious injury. Look at other players rehab, he was rushed back too soon and in essence is doing his rehab at utd. Utd took a massive gamble cause they know if Falcao arrived a fit player with a half decent WC under his belt, he wouldn't be here. Equally they know, if they are patient, they may have a WC striker for 30m less than he's worth. Only time will tell, and that needs to be more than what we are giving at the moment.
Like I said, if the team was firing and he was missing chances but that's not the case. Yes he's missed them but look at the ratio of opportunities. Very little chances created, the final balls are poor as are the crosses. The build up is slow.
He many never be the player but it's too early to make an assessment.

I kinds agree but he hasn't got time he's got a one season loan to impress. Time is running out

 

[RuudTom83]

He is not the first player to struggle in the United shirt.

He needs to show character and fight, he might not have much pace but at the moment he is getting nowhere near the ball when it comes into the box.

 

[Litch]

The last time I played football, it was a team game. It's an absolute joke to make references to strikers that had players of equal quality around them. Falcao was of the highest quality and could be compared to the vest best out there. The injury might have taken its toil, that I'm unsure about.

I'm sorry but for Falcao to score the number of goals per ratio of chances (not games) it would be 1 goal per 2 chances, and there's no footballer in the world who can do that.

Sorry, look at the wingers and wing backs weve previously had at this club, are you telling me that the awesome strikers we've had would have score the same level of goals without Giggs, Beckham, Ronaldo, Neville, Irwin et al.....

 

[JUPITER]

@JUPITER
I suggest you read numerous articles about him outside of the pitch and the work he puts into charity in Columbia.

That's awesome, I didn't realise he did an anomalous amount of charity work and that's what people were referring to.

I've always had major respect for Bellamy, Wilshere and Drogba's charity work (see below) as it genuinely seems to go above and beyond at times and clearly means a lot to them.

http://www.mensxp.com/special-featu...tballers-who-are-known-for-their-charity.html

http://news.ladbrokes.com/football/...eckham-and-bellamy-make-the-grade_184093.html

http://www.90min.com/posts/111580-top-5-charitable-footballers

 

[Nighteyes]

Falcao might be that player. I've said it before, in years gone by a new player came to the club from a different country and league, people would say it takes you a season for you and your family to settle in so many ways. This means your not going to necessarily see the best in a player in his first season and it doesn't matter what you paid or paying him, it takes time. You could argue that's the same for LVG who I think underestimated the difficulties in English football.
This aside, the player had a serious injury. Look at other players rehab, he was rushed back too soon and in essence is doing his rehab at utd. Utd took a massive gamble cause they know if Falcao arrived a fit player with a half decent WC under his belt, he wouldn't be here. Equally they know, if they are patient, they may have a WC striker for 30m less than he's worth. Only time will tell, and that needs to be more than what we are giving at the moment.
Like I said, if the team was firing and he was missing chances but that's not the case. Yes he's missed them but look at the ratio of opportunities. Very little chances created, the final balls are poor as are the crosses. The build up is slow.
He may never be the player but it's too early to make an assessment.

If he weren't missing sitters you'd have a point. He's had plenty of chances here and he's missed most of them.

 

[DWelbz19]

You have it all planned out. Who is going to be our coach after Pep?

This lack of service crap needs to go now. His first touch ruins most the build up and can't hold the ball up. He doesn't attempt to run in behind. He doesn't win any headers in the box because Di Maria at times has put in some brilliant crosses.

He is worse than Torres ever was at Chelsea atm. Torres wasn't this bad when it came to build up. He'd also take on a defence and then miss.

I think this is actually the most telling attribute. Forget his awful first touch and his lack of pace, he looks so timid in the air and afraid to tussle physically with defenders. He also seems to have lost a spring in his step - quite literally. Real signs of a steeply declining player.

 

[Roboc7]

There's always a scapegoat on forums. Wasn't it Young and Felliani? Issues around defence, what's our defence record now? I'm old enough to remember when we allowed players a season at least......not anymore it seems.
I heard the same negativity about Mata. It's turning into an absolute joke!!!!!

He isn’t the scapegoat he just isn’t very good and shouldn’t be starting games based on his performances and fact he seems to be getting worse rather than improving. You make the point about service and of course any striker is going to have more opportunities with better service but I fail to see how that explains his lack of movement, mobility, pace, why he gets knocked off the ball too often and why he can’t control the ball.

You also aren’t taking into consideration that Costa gets on the end of more of that service because he is faster, stronger, better on the ground, better in the air, works harder and creates opportunities for himself. Falcao has had 3 serious knee injuries and came back way to early from the last one, he is nothing like the player he used to be, signing him isn’t even an option and the question now should be whether we play him or not. On current form the answer is a resounding no and we will be better off without him in the side unless he improves dramatically in a very short space of time.

 

[Successful]

His heart is at Real Madrid!

 

[wiz4231]

All this criticism of Falcao is utter BS! While he was on the pitch we played with 2 strikers and he wasn't great and neither was Rooney, you can say both players up until that point were poor, so what changed? The formation and this this is what is all about, width and having a CM pairing.
We started with 2 striker and we didn't play to either of their strengths, instead of playing to the strengths of 2 world class players we played to the strengths of a mop, its diabolical to say the least, pathetic and desperate tactics which were shown by LVG. You have a mop central while your 2 WC strikers are picking the ball out wide, what the f*** is that about.
We have seen over the years how effective Rooney has been as CF/#10, not great but effective and over the years we have seen how Falcao has been 1 of the best #9 as a lone striker, its quite simple really, play them 2 player in the position they are most effective, simple.
You want to get the best out of Rooney = #10. You want the best out of Falcao = #9.
I could bet my money on it Falcao was over the moon when he saw Young coming on, thinking finally were going to play football to his strengths instead of lumping it to this joke of a lamp post but he forget this is LVG, the stubborn ******. IMO if Fellaini had gone off instead of Falcao we still would have won and in the process we would have played better doing so.
All of what we saw and realised against Preston means nothing, playing better with wide players and a CM pairing means jack all because it will be back to the diamond or 352 for the next game, LVG just too stubborn. Rant over.

 

[Bojan11]

That's strange. Because I swear we played better when Falcao went off.

And how many good crosses has Di Maria put in the past month. How many has Falcao won? When Young was fit he put in lots of good crosses too and Falcao scored like one against Villa.

Also paragraphs please.

 

[Brophs]

His heart is at Real Madrid!

I'm more concerned by where his first touch is.

 

[Successful]

I'm more concerned by where his first touch is.

This really shows what a touch league PL is. Who knows, maybe even Messi would look average in england

 

[IwatUwat]

Games are thinning out and he's still yet to produce anything which I think Hernandez couldnt do, or Wilson, or an off form RVP.

Still needs that big game where he dominates an opposition which may strike him back into form, but I think its prob too late.

 

[Paul the Wolf]

Darron Gibson in a wig mate... think about it.



Awful, awful post...

1. He was bad tonight. Even if you want him to stay, to try and make out he was anything other than utterly shocking tonight is actually an insult to the level Falcao used to play at.

2. 'Fanbois' of whom? I don't see anyone making him the scapegoat for anything - just people reacting to his individual performance.

3. Ironically, of all the posts in here, you sound easily the most like a 'hysterical schoolgirl' - you're making out as if there's some kind of conspiracy against Falcao, when in reality he's enjoyed more opportunity under LvG than most other players in our squad despite his woeful form since joining.

And to claim you're 'still convinced he will come good' is bordering on the delusional - 'convinced' would firmly suggest that there's some kind of logic in your belief... so please, share it with us and perhaps we can evolve from being 'scapegoating fanbois' to seeing the higher knowledge that you so obviously possess.



Maybe Falcao's been smoking craic before matches...would explain a lot.

Glad you worded it as you did - yes yours is an awful post - it is very difficult to score without the ball, perhaps you should read some of the other posts of mine and other posters but whch you choose to ignore

 

[Kostur]

All this criticism of Falcao is utter BS! While he was on the pitch we played with 2 strikers and he wasn't great and neither was Rooney, you can say both players up until that point were poor, so what changed? The formation and this this is what is all about, width and having a CM pairing.
We started with 2 striker and we didn't play to either of their strengths, instead of playing to the strengths of 2 world class players we played to the strengths of a mop, its diabolical to say the least, pathetic and desperate tactics which were shown by LVG. You have a mop central while your 2 WC strikers are picking the ball out wide, what the f*** is that about.
We have seen over the years how effective Rooney has been as CF/#10, not great but effective and over the years we have seen how Falcao has been 1 of the best #9 as a lone striker, its quite simple really, play them 2 player in the position they are most effective, simple.
You want to get the best out of Rooney = #10. You want the best out of Falcao = #9.
I could bet my money on it Falcao was over the moon when he saw Young coming on, thinking finally were going to play football to his strengths instead of lumping it to this joke of a lamp post but he forget this is LVG, the stubborn ******. IMO if Fellaini had gone off instead of Falcao we still would have won and in the process we would have played better doing so.
All of what we saw and realised against Preston means nothing, playing better with wide players and a CM pairing means jack all because it will be back to the diamond or 352 for the next game, LVG just too stubborn. Rant over.

If Fellaini is a mop then current Falcao is a walking sack of shit. Is it LVG or Fellaini's fault that Falcao has absolutely no first touch? The ball always bounces off him so he has to chase it. And don't call him world class striker because he's far from one this season, he could've been one in his Atletico days but that was what, 3 years ago?

As shown in the pictures from yesterday, with a lot of mockery, I doubt Falcao was over the moon because he couldn't see jack's shit, as proved on the pitch to be fair. And seriously, keep throwing childish names at Fellaini but you can't change the fact that both him and Herrera have as many goals as our 'world class' striker', they both contribute more to the team and Falcao, instead of feeling RVP or Rooney's breath on his neck, is feeling Smalling's Colgate because he's scored 3 goals himself. So much for a world class striker.

 

[Litch]

If he weren't missing sitters you'd have a point. He's had plenty of chances here and he's missed most of them.

Sorry disagree. Not had plenty cause we haven't created that many. Everything at Man Utd is always magnified. How many chances are Chelsea, City, Tottenham creating per game? What's the quality of our passing and crossing is shocking so where are all these chances coming from. Are people really expecting him to score a goal every couple of chances? Strikers miss more than they score. Yes there have been some high profile misses but thats the same for all strikers.

It's always the same in football, when things aren't great, someone's always the scapegoat and people want a quick fix. If Chelsea win it this year, that was a 5year wait.....there is no quick fix in football. Let's be patient and see where it takes us. For example, we have one of the best goalkeepers in the world that many on here would have sold after his first season. Two players contributed to winning us the game yesterday that if most had their way on here wouldn't even be in a utd shirt.

 

[Kostur]

Sorry disagree. Not had plenty cause we haven't created that many. Everything at Man Utd is always magnified. How many chances are Chelsea, City, Tottenham creating per game? What's the quality of our passing and crossing is shocking so where are all these chances coming from. Are people really expecting him to score a goal every couple of chances? Strikers miss more than they score. Yes there have been some high profile misses but thats the same for all strikers.

It's always the same in football, when things aren't great, someone's always the scapegoat and people want a quick fix. If Chelsea win it this year, that was a 5year wait.....there is no quick fix in football. Let's be patient and see where it takes us. For example, we have one of the best goalkeepers in the world that many on here would have sold after his first season. Two players contributed to winning us the game yesterday that if most had their way on here wouldn't even be in a utd shirt.

Uhm, that's what you'd normally expect from your striker? Especially if you pay him above 200(probably above 250 but whatever) thousand quid per week and buying him will cost you around bloody 50 mln quid?

As for the last part of your post, are you suggesting that we should actually buy him out from Monaco? On what basis really?